Isom Cole was one of about 1.2 million men, women, and children displaced by the domestic slave trade. Born in Virginia in 1825, he was sold at twelve to a slave dealer. His sister Bettie was sold to another trader and they never heard of each other again. Isom walked to Alabama in a coffle of ninety-nine slaves and twenty-five horses, traveling twenty-file miles a day. He was sold for $600. Five years later, his value was estimated at $2,000 ($40,000 in today's dollars).